Rose steps over to the dead bodies
of the Ood and grabs the communication device once more, impatient to
see if the Doctor is okay.

ROSEDoctor?

Static, no reply.

ROSEDoctor, can you hear me? Doctor? Ida? Are you there?

COMPUTEROpen Door 25.

Jefferson and the guard spin
round, guns raised and ready for whatever will come through the door -
but it's only Danny.

DANNYIt's me! But they're coming.

COMPUTERClose Door 25.

DANNYIt's the Ood. They've gone mad.

JEFFERSONHow many of them?

DANNYAll of them! All fifty!

JEFFERSON(approaching the
door)Danny, out of the way.(Danny doesn't move, so with more ferocity--)Out of the way!

He pushes Danny out of the way of
the door.

DANNYBut they're armed! They're da--

Jefferson starts to open the door.

DANNYIt's the interface device. I don't know how, but they're using it as
a weapon.

COMPUTEROpen door 25.

Jefferson opens the door - the Ood
are standing on the other side. One of them immediately advances,
sticking the communication orb to the guard's forehead. She screams
and slumps to the floor, dead. Jefferson open fires.

INT. CORRIDOR

Zach closes the door from the
control room.

COMPUTERClose Door 1.

He starts to run down the
corridor, but skids to a halt as he sees the Ood advancing from the
other end. He goes back the way he came.

COMPUTER (CONT'D)Open Door 1.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Zach closes the door behind him.

COMPUTER (CONT'D)
Close Door 1.

Zach presses buttons on a control
panel mounted on the wall.

ZACHLockdown - seal Door 1.

COMPUTERLockdown Door 1.

Zach goes back to the controls in
the centre of the room, a babble of frantic voices sounding from
communication.

Zach quickly checks. He opens a
cupboard and inside is a gun. He removes it.

ZACHAll I've got is a bolt gun. With uh...(check)all of one
bolt. I could take out a grand total of one Ood. Fat lot of good that
is.

JEFFERSONGiven the emergency...

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

JEFFERSON (CONT'D)I recommend Strategy Nine.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACH(defeated)Strategy Nine agreed. Right, we need to get everyone together. Rose?
What about Ida and the Doctor? Any word?

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Rose shakes her head. She's out of
her mind with worry. Her voice is shaking slightly.

ROSEI can't get any reply, just... NOTHING,I keep trying, but
it's...

Just then, the communication
device crackles and the Doctor's voice comes through.

THE DOCTORNo! Sorry, I'm fine. Still here!

ROSE(so relieved)You could've said, you stupid b--

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

The communication device screeches
loudly, blanking the rest of the word out. The Doctor winces.

THE DOCTORWHOA! Careful! Anyway, it's both of us, me and Ida. Hello!
But the seal opened up. It's gone. All we've got left is this chasm.

As the Doctor says, the trapdoor
has opened onto a gaping pitch black hole.

ZACHHow deep is it?

THE DOCTORCan't tell. It looks like it goes on forever.

ROSE"The pit is open."

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSE (CONT'D)That's what the voice said.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHBut there's nothing? I mean...

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

ZACH (CONT'D)There's... NOTHINGcoming out?

THE DOCTORNo, no. No sign of 'the Beast'.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSE (scared)It said 'Satan'.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

THE DOCTORCome on, Rose. Keep it together.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSEIs there no such thing?(no reply)Doctor?

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

The Doctor, still not answering,
turns his back on the pit.

ROSE (CONT'D)Doctor, tell me there's no such thing.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHIda? I recommend that you withdraw. Immediately.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDABut... we've come all this way!

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHOkay, that was an order. WITH-DRAW. With that thing open, the
whole planet's shifted. One more inch and we fall into the black hole.
So this thing stops right now.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDABut it's not much better up there with the Ood.

ZACHI'm initiating Strategy Nine, so I need the two of you back up top
immediately, no ar--

Ida turns off her wrist device.
The Doctor raises his eyebrows.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACH (CONT'D)(upon hearing the
static)Ida? IDA?

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDA(to the Doctor)What do you think?

THE DOCTORI think they've an order.

IDAYeah, but... what do YOUthink?

The Doctor puts one foot on the
edge of the pit, staring down into it.

THE DOCTORIt said "I am the temptation".

IDAIf... if there's something in there... why's it still hiding?

THE DOCTORMaybe... we opened the prison but not the cell.

IDAWe should go down. I'd go. What about you?

THE DOCTOROh! Oh, in a second, but then again...
(he gives a half laugh,
turns to her)
That is so human. Where angels fear to tread. Even
now, standing on the edge. It's that feeling you get. Yeah?(looks into the pit
as though mesmerised, musing)Right at the back of your head.
That impulse... that strange little impulse... that mad little voice
saying "go on... go on... go on... go over, go on..." maybe
it's relying on that. For once in my life... Officer Scott... I'm going
to say...

He looks at her. She looks at
him... hold the moment, before...

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Retreat.

He sighs and pulls his foot back
from where it was rested on the edge of the pit.

ROSE (CONT'D)Look at his face. Whatever it was, it's gone. It passed into the
Ood. You saw it happen. He's clean.

Jefferson considers. Toby is
breathing heavily, frightened.

JEFFERSONAny sign of trouble... I'll shoot him.

He moves away.

ROSE(to Toby)Are you all right?

TOBY(trembling, close to
tears)Yeah... I...(shakes head)Dunno.

ROSECan you remember anything?

TOBYJust... it was so angry. It was... fury and rage... death...

From casting terrified glances
around the room, he meets Rose's eyes.

TOBY (CONT'D)It was him. It was the devil.

ROSECome here.

She draws Toby into a comforting
hug. He clings to her, eyes still wide open with horror over her
shoulder.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

The Doctor and Ida are trudging
back to the capsule.

THE DOCTORWhat's Strategy Nine?

IDAOpen the airlocks... we'll be safe inside the lockdown... the Ood
will get thrown out into the vacuum.

THE DOCTORSo we're going back to a slaughter?

They have reached the capsule. Ida
turns to him.

IDAThe devil's work.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Jefferson, Danny and Rose are
waiting for them to make contact.

IDAOkay, we're in. Bring us up.

JEFFERSONAscension in...

Rose smiles with anticipation.

JEFFERSON (CONT'D)Three... two... one.

The mechanism fails. The lights go
out.

INT. CAPSULE

The lights fail.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

The lights blink out.

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTThis is the Darkness. This is my domain.

The display on the screen changes
to that of several of the Ood standing together - the Beast is using
them to communicate.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)You little things that live in the light... clinging to your feeble
Suns...

Zach picks up his bolt gun.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)... which die in the...

ZACH(through communication)That's not the Ood. Something's talking through them.

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTOnly the Darkness remains.

ZACHThis is Captain Zachary Cross Flane of Sanctury Base Six
representing the Torchwood archive. You will identify yourself.

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTYou know my name.

ZACHWhat do you want?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTYou will die here. All of you. This planet is your grave.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

TOBY(trembling)It's him. It's him. It's him...

INT. CAPSULE

THE DOCTORIf you are the Beast, then answer me this: which one? Hmm? 'Cos the
universe has been busy since you've been gone. There's more religions
than there are planets in the sky. The Archivits... Pordonity,
Christianity... Pash-Pash, New Judaism... Sanclar... Church of the Tin
Vagabond - which devil are you?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTAll of them.

THE DOCTORWhat, then you're the truth behind the myth?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTThis one knows me - as I know him. The killer of his own kind.

THE DOCTOR(choosing not to
acknowledge this)How did you end up on this rock?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTThe disciples of the Light rose up against me. And chained me in the
pit for all eternity.

THE DOCTORWhen was this?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTBefore time.

THE DOCTORWhat does THAT mean?!

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTBefore time.

THE DOCTORWhat does 'before time' MEAN?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTBefore light and time and space and matter. Before the cataclysm.
Before this universe was created.

THE DOCTORThat's impossible. No life could have existed back then.

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTIs that yourreligion?

THE DOCTORIt's a belief.

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTYou know nothing. All of you. So small.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Cut to Zach.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)The Captain, so scared of
command.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Cut to Jefferson.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)The soldier, haunted by the eyes of his wife. The scientist, still
running from daddy.

Ida shifts uncomfortably in the
capsule.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)The little boy who lied...

Cut to Danny, who is
uncomfortable.

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)The virgin...

Toby turns, on edge. Then cut to
Rose -

THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D)And the lost girl,so far away from home. The valiant child
who will die in battle so very soon.

ROSEDoctor, what does it mean?

THE DOCTOR(quietly)Rose, don't listen.

ROSEWhat does it mean?

THE VOICE OF THE BEASTYou will die... and I will live.

The footage of the Ood suddenly
cuts and is replaced with a roaring horned beast, which causes
everyone but the Doctor to gasp and stumble backwards.

The Doctor holds the communication
device close to the speaker, making it screech loudly. The babble
stops and silence falls.

THE DOCTORIf you want voices in the dark, then listen to mine; that thing is
playing on very basic fears. Darkness - childhood nightmares, all that
stuff.

DANNYBut that's how the devil works.

THE DOCTOROr a good psychologist.

IDABut... how did it know about my father?

THE DOCTOR(after a slight
pause)Okay, but what makes his version of the truth any better than mine?
Hmm? Cos I'll tell you what I can see: humans. Brilliant humans. Humans
who travel all the way across space. Flying in a tiny little rocket into
the orbit of a black hole! Just for the sake of discovery, that's amazing!
Do you hear me? Amazing. All of you. The captain - his officer - his
elder - his genius - his friends. All with one advantage. The Beast is
alone. We are not. If we can use that to fight against him--

With a loud bang, the cable for
the capsule snaps. It falls down the shaft.

IDA(looking up)The cable's snapped!

THE DOCTORGet out!

The dive out of the capsule just
as the cable lands inside it with force.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Dust wafts onto the
exploration deck.

ROSEDoctor! We lost the cable! Doctor, are you all right?(no reply)Doctor?

ZACHComms are down.

ROSEDoctor? Doctor, can you hear me?

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACH(looking at the monitor)I've still got life signs, but... we've lost the capsule.

ROSESay something - are you there?

ZACHThere's no way out.(beat)They're stuck down there.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

The Doctor and Ida stand, brushing
themselves off.

THE DOCTORHow much air have we got?

IDASixty minutes.(checks wrist device)Fifty-five.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Rose, Jefferson and Danny peer
down the lift shaft.

ROSEBut we've GOT TObring them back.

JEFFERSONThey're ten miles down. We haven't got another ten miles of cable.

Another loud bang on a door makes
them jump.

JEFFERSON (CONT'D)(into wrist device)Captain? Situation report.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Zach glances up. Something is
banging on his door too. He goes over to it and opens the small round
window. An Ood stares back at him. It has what looks like an enormous
pair of pliers and is using them in order to break the door down. Zach
sighs.

JEFFERSONWell, it's only a basic frame, it should take ten minutes.(another
bang)
Eight.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHI've got a security frame, it might last a bit longer, but that
doesn't help you.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSERight. So we need to stop them - or get out - or both.

DANNYI'll take both, yeah? But how?

ROSEYou heard the Doctor. Why do you think that thing cut him off? 'Cos
he was making sense. He was telling you to think your way out of
this. Come on! For a start, we need some lights. There's gotta be some
sort of power somewhere.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACH(bitterly)There's nothing I can do. Some captain, stuck in here, pressing
buttons.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSEThat's what the Doctor MEANT:press the right buttons.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHThey've gutted the generators!(with realisation)
But the
rocket's got an independent supply. If I could reroute that... Mr
Jefferson?

DANNY(also working)There's all sorts of viruses that could stop the Ood. Trouble is, we
haven't got them on board.

ROSE(sarcastically)Well, that's handy, listing all the things we haven't got. We
haven't got a swimming pool either. Or a Tescos.

The computer bleeps. The word
'affirmative' flashes on the screen.

DANNY(excited)Oh my God. It says yes! I can do it! Hypothetically, if you flip the
monitor, broadcast a flare... it can disrupt the telepathy! Brainstorm!

ROSEWhat happens to the Ood?

DANNYIt'll tank them, spark out!

ROSE(enthusiastically)There we are, then! Do it!

DANNY(face falls)No, but...(shakes head)I'd have to transmit from the
central monitor. We need to go to Ood Habitation.

Another bang on the door, causing
sparks to fly.

ROSE(staring at the door)That's what we'll do, then.(she goes to Mr Jefferson)Mr
Jefferson, sir! Any way out?

JEFFERSONJust about... there's a network of maintenance tunnels running
underneath the base. We should be able to gain access from here.

ROSE(smiling)Ventilation shafts.

JEFFERSONYeah, I appreciate the reference, but there's no ventilation. No
air, in fact - at all. They were designed for machines, not life forms.

Another bang.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHBut - I can manipulate the oxygen field from here. Create discrete
pockets of
atmosphere... if I control it manually... I can follow you through the
network.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSERight, so we go down, and you make the air follow us. By hand.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHYou wanted me pressing buttons.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ROSEYeah - I asked for it - okay, we need to get to Ood Habitation, work
out a route.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

The Doctor and Ida are securing
the cable so they can abseil down the pit.

IDAThat should hold it. How's it going?

The cable unravels.

THE DOCTORFine! Should work... doesn't feel like such a good idea, now. (stands on the edge
of the pit)Ha... there it is again. That itch. (he bobs up and down crazily)Go down, go down, go down, go down, go down.

IDAThe urge to jump. Do you know where it comes from, that sensation?
Genetic heritage. Ever since we were primates in the trees. It's our
body's way of testing us. Calculating whether or not we can reach the
next branch.

THE DOCTOR
(thoughtfully)No, that's not it... that's too kind. It's not the urge to jump,
it's deeper than that. It's the urge to fall!

And he jumps backwards down the
hole.

IDADoctor!

She presses a button - the cable
becomes taut.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE/THE
PIT

The Doctor stops falling. He
is now hanging by the cable a short way into the pit.

IDAAre you okay?

THE DOCTORNot bad, thanks. The wall of the pit... seems to be the same as the
cavern, just...(shines torch down)Not much of it. There's a
crust about twenty feet down and then... nothing. Just the pit. Okay,
then. Lower me down.

IDAWell, here we go, then.

She presses the button again.
The Doctor is lowered slowly down the pit.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Another violent bang on Door 25.
Rose, Jefferson and Toby are ready to enter the maintenance tunnels,
but Danny is still at the computer.

ROSE(shouting to him)Danny!

DANNYHold on! Just conforming...

JEFFERSONDan, you gotta go NOW!(another bang)Come on!

The computer bleeps.

DANNYYeah!

He takes what looks like an orange
computer chip from the machine. He shows them as he hurries over to
the entrance to the maintenance tunnels.

DANNY (CONT'D)Put that in the monitor... and it's a bad time to be an Ood!

ROSEWe're coming back. Have you got that? We're coming back to this room
and we're getting the Doctor out.

JEFFERSONOkay, Danny, you go first, then you Miss Tyler, then Toby, I'll go
last in defence of position. Now come on! Quick as you can!

They all lower themselves down
into the tunnels in the order Jefferson specified.

INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS

Rose lands in the
tunnel next to Danny. She sniffs.

ROSEGod, it stinks. You all right?

DANNYYeah, I'm laughing.

Toby lands beside them.

DANNY (CONT'D)(through comm, to
Zach)Which way do we go?

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHJust go straight ahead. Keep going 'til I say so.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Jefferson makes it down the hole
just in time - the Ood finally break the door down. They advance.

They move on, leaving Jefferson.
An Ood appears from round the corridor and crawls towards Jefferson.
He fires his gun. The others can hear the shots as they crawl as fast
as possible. Jefferson turns, shoots more oncoming Ood. Toby and the
others reach the next juction.

DANNY(into wrist device)8.2. Open 8.2. Zach!

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACH(pressing buttons)I've gotta aerate it!

DANNY(furiously)OPEN IT NOW!

ZACHI'm TRYING.

INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS

Danny thumps on the gate,
desperate.

ROSE(stopping him)Danny, stop it. That's not helping.

TOBYZach, get it open!

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHJefferson... I've gotta open 8.2 by closing 8.1. You've GOTto
get past the junction, now MOVE. That's an order, now MOVE!

INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS

Jefferson shoots at an Ood from
around a corner - he runs out of bullets.

Rose and Toby hoist him up through
the hole. More Ood approach from one end of the corridor.

DANNY(running in the
opposite direction)It's this way.

They follow Danny along the
corridor, the Ood in pursuit.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

There is another bang on the door
of the control room. Zach picks up his bolt gun.

ZACHHurry up!

INT. OOD HABITATION

Danny, Rose and Toby burst through
the doors into Ood Habitation, and rush over the computer. The Ood
already inside look up at their arrival.

ROSEGet it in!

TOBYDanny, get down.

ROSETransmit!

DANNYI'm trying, I'm trying! I'm getting at it--

TOBYStop them!

The Ood are making their way up
the stairs towards them.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

With a final bang, the Ood manage
to open the door to the control room. Zach stands and points his gun
at them.

INT. OOD HABITATION

ROSEDanny, get that thing transmitting!

Danny bungs it into the computer.
The reading goes down to Basic 0. The Ood clutch at their heads and
stumble about, all over the ship. They finally collapse to the floor.
Silence falls.

ROSE (CONT'D)(smiling)You did it! We did it!

DANNYYes!

She laughs in delight, as does
Danny, and throws her arms around him - then hugs Toby, who grins.
Danny and Toby hug.

ROSE(into comm)Zach, we did it. The Ood are down. Now we've gotta get the Doctor.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

ZACHI'm on my way.

INT. OOD HABITATION

Rose rushes from Ood Habitation.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE/THE
PIT

The Doctor is still being lowered
down the pit, in complete darkness.

THE DOCTORYou get representations of the Horned Beast right across the
universe. In the myths and legends of a million worlds. Earth...
Draconia, Velconsadine... Daemos... the Kaled God of War... it's the same image, over and over
again. Maybe... that idea came from somewhere. Bleeding through... the
thought at the back of every sentient mind.

IDAEmanating from here?

THE DOCTORCould be.

IDABut if this is the original... does that make it real? Does that
make it the actual devil, though?

THE DOCTORWell, if that's what you want to believe. Maybe that's what the
devil is, in the end. An idea.

The cable runs out and the Doctor
jerks to a halt.

IDAThat's it. That's all we've got.

The Doctor presses buttons on the
device on his wrist.

IDA (CONT'D)You getting any sort of readout?

THE DOCTORNothing. Could be miles to go, yet. Or... could be thirty feet. No
way of telling.(he thinks about this)I could survive thirty
feet.

IDAOh no you don't. I'm pulling you back up.

She presses the button to hoist
him back up. But the Doctor presses a button on his own end, stopping
her.

IDA(striding to the edge)What're you doing?!

THE DOCTORYou bring me back, then we're just gonna sit there and run out of
air. I've gotta go down.

IDA(scared)But you can't. Doctor, you can't.

THE DOCTORCall it an act of faith.

He releases one the hooks securing
him to the cable.

IDABut... I don't want to die on my own.

THE DOCTORI know.

He releases another hook.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

Rose and the others have reached
the exploration deck. Without a moments hesitation, Rose picks up the
comm.

ROSEDoctor? Are you there? Doctor? Ida? Can you hear me?

ZACHThe comms are still down. I can patch them through the central desk
and boost the signal. Just give me a minute.

He starts to work at the computer.
Rose looks on, anxious, eyes wide.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE/THE
PIT

The Doctor releases another hook.

THE DOCTORI didn't ask - have you got any sort of faith, or...?

IDA(sitting on the edge of
the pit)Not really. I was brought up Neo Classic, congregational...
because of my mum, she was...(she pauses, reminiscing)My
old mum. But no, I never believed.

THE DOCTORNeo Classic - have they got a devil?

IDANo, not as such. Just um... the things that men do.

THE DOCTORSame thing in the end.

IDAWhat about you?

The Doctor pauses for a long
moment, thinking.

THE DOCTORI believe... I believe I haven't seen everything, I don't know...
it's funny, isn't it? The things you make up - the rules. If that thing
had said it came from BEYONDthe universe, I'd believe it, but
BEFOREthe universe... impossible. Doesn't fit my rule. Still, that's why I
keep travelling. To be proved wrong. Thank you, Ida.

IDA(suddenly standing)Don't go!

THE DOCTORIf they get back in touch... if you talk to Rose... just tell her...

He pauses for a moment, looking
down. Ida waits.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Tell her I...(another pause. Then, to himself-)Oh, she knows.

He releases the final hook and
falls into nothingness.

ROSE(through comm.)Doctor? Are you there? Doctor, Ida? Can you hear me?

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSE (CONT'D)Are you there, Doctor?

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDAHe's gone.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ROSEWhat do you mean, "he's gone"?

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDAHe fell. Into the pit. And I don't know how deep it is - miles and
miles and miles.

IDA(looking around)You should see this place, Zach. (sits down on the
edge of the pit)It's beautiful. Well, I wanted to discover things...(she tears
up)And here I am.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ZACHWe've got to abandon the base.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

Ida bites her lip as she listens.

ZACHI'm declaring this mission unsafe. All we can do is make sure no one
ever comes here again.

IDABut we'll never find out what it was?

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ZACHWell, maybe that's best.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

IDAYeah.

There is a pause.

ZACHOfficer Scott--

IDAIt's all right. Just go. Good luck.

INT. EXPLORATION DECK

ZACHThank you. (replace the comm.)Danny - Toby - close down the feed links. Get the retrotopes online.
Then get to the rocket - strap yourselves in. We're leaving.

Rose turns to him.

ROSEI'm not going.

ZACH(reassuringly)Rose, there's space for you.

ROSE(quietly)No, I'm gonna wait for the Doctor. Just like he waited for me.

ZACH
(gently)I'm sorry, but... he's dead.

ROSEYou don't know him. 'Cos he's not...(her voice breaks up with
repressed tears)I'm telling you, he's-- he's not... and even if he
was, how could I leave him? All on his own, all the way down there? No.
I'm gonna stay.

DANNY(noticing)Captain... I think we're gonna have a problem passenger...

ZACHKeep an eye on her.

ROSEWait... I'm not...

DANNYIt's all right, Rose - you're safe-

ROSEI'm not going anywhere!(tugs at her seatbelt, shouting)Get
me out of this thing! Get me out!

ZACHAnd... lift-off!

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE/THEPIT

The three men whoop and cheer as
the rocket lifts off. Ida looks up, as does the Doctor at the bottom
of the pit.

THE DOCTOR(whispers)A rocket...

He watches as it flies further and
further away.

INT. ROCKET

Rose spots the bolt gun - she
grabs it and points it at Zach.

ROSETake me back to the planet.

Zach doesn't reply. He doesn't
even turn around.

ROSE (CONT'D)(shouts)Take me BACK!

ZACHOr what?

ROSEOr I'll shoot.

ZACH(finally turning to her)Would you, though? Would you really? Is that what your Doctor would
want?

Rose holds his gaze for a moment.
Danny looks slightly shaken. Defeated, Rose slumps back in her chair,
dropping the gun.

ZACH (CONT'D)Sorry, but it's too late anyway. Take a look outside. We can't turn
back. This is what the Doctor would have wanted.

Rose looks out of the window.

ZACH (CONT'D)Isn't that right?

They're speeding away from the
black hole.

EXT. THE PIT

The Doctor shines his torch on the
wall of the underground cavern - there are crude drawings of a horned
beast and tiny stick figures surrounding it.

THE DOCTORHistory of some big battle. Man against Beast. I dunno if you're
getting this, Ida. Hope so. Anyway, they defeated the Beast and
imprisoned it.

The light of his torch falls on
what looks like a large vase on a stand. Surprised, he turns the torch
light back on the symbols of people carrying the vase on their heads.
He approaches the vase - there is another one in line with the first.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Or maybe that's the key...

He touches the vase - and they
both light up.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Or the gate, or the bars...

The Doctor turns upon hearing a
quiet growl. His mouth opens - before him, in a pit, is a huge horned
beast, chained down. It roars at him.

INT. ROCKET

In the rocket, Toby starts to
laugh quietly to himself, as Rose does up her seatbelt again.

DANNYWhat's the joke?

TOBYJust... we made it. We escaped. We actually did it.

No one shares his mirth.

ROSENot all of us.

ZACHWe're not out of it yet. We're still the first people in history to
fly AWAYfrom a black hole. Toby, read me the stats.

TOBY(still smirking)Gravity funnel holding, sir. Always holding.

EXT. THE PIT

THE DOCTOR(staring at the
Beast)I accept that you exist. I don't have to accept what you are, but
you're physical existence, I'll give you that.

The Beast growls. The Doctor takes
a few steps forwards.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)But I don't understand. I was EXPECTEDdown here. I was given
a safe landing, and air. You need me for something. What for?

The Beast lunges forwards,
straining against the chains holding him.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)(completely out of
his depth)Have I got to... I dunno, beg an audience? Or... is there a ritual?
Some sort of incantation or summons or spell - all these things I don't
believe in - are they real?

The Beast just looks at him.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)(loudly)Speak to me! Tell me!(no reply) You won't talk. Or... you CAN'Ttalk. Hold on, hold on. Wait a minute, just let me...(he thinks
hard)Oh! No. Yes! No... think it through, you SPOKE before.
I heard your voice. An intelligent voice. No, more than that -
brilliant! But, looking at you now... all I can see...(the Beast
growls)is...(growl)Beast. The animal. Just... the body.
You're just the body, the physical form! What's happened to your mind?
Hmm? Where's it gone? Where's that intelligence?(he glances upwards
as it dawns on him)Oh, no...

INT. ROCKET

TOBYStats. at 53, funnel status at 66.5. Hull pressure constant. Smooth
as we can, sir. All the way back home.

Rose stares out of the window, so
sad.

TOBY (CONT'D)Coordinates set for Planet Earth.

The corners of his mouth twitch
upwards in an unpleasant smile.

INT. THE PIT

The Doctor shines his torch on the
symbols covering the walls.

THE DOCTORYou're imprisoned. Long time ago. Before the universe, after,
sideways, in-between, doesn't matter. The positioning is PERFECT. It's
absolutely-- it's eternal. Oh, YES! Open the prison - the gravity
field collapses! This planet falls into the black hole! You escape, you
die. BRILLIANT! But that's just the body. The body is
trapped, that's all. The devil is just an idea. In all those
civilisations - just an idea.(he pauses, edging forwards as he works
it out) But an idea is hard to kill. An idea could escape. The mind
- the mind of the great Beast - the mind can escape! Oh, but
that's it! You didn't give me air - your jailers did! They set
this up! All those years ago! They need me alive. Because if you're
escaping, then I've gotta stop you.

The Beast roars in fury, straining
against the chains. The Doctor picks up a rock.

He swings the rock over his head,
ready to bring it crashing down on the vase - and then stops. He drops
it.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)But then you're clever enough to use this whole system against me.
If I destroy this planet, I destroy the gravity field. The rocket. The
rocket loses protection and falls into the black hole. I'll have to
sacrifice Rose.

He has a look of mild disgust on
his face. The Beast laughs mirthlessly.

INT. ROCKET

ROSE(thinking)It doesn't make sense. We escaped, but there's a thousand ways it
could've killed us. It could've... ripped out the air or... I dunno,
burnt us, or anything. But it let us go. Why? Unless it wanted us
to escape...

TOBYHey, Rose, do us a favour...(nastily)Shut up.

Rose stares at him. He looks away.

TOBY (CONT'D)Almost there. We'll be beyond the reach of the black hole in 40...
39...

EXT. THE PIT

THE DOCTORSo, that's the trap. Or the test or the final judgment, I don't
know. But if I kill you, I kill her.

The Beast laughs, then roars at
him.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Except that implies - in this big grand scheme of Gods and Devils -
that she's just a victim. But I've seen a lot of this universe. I've
seen fake gods and bad gods and demi gods and would-be gods - out of all
that - out of that whole pantheon - if I believe in one thing... just
one thing...(with passion)I believe in HER.

And with that, he picks up the
rock and smashes the vase.

INT. ROCKET

The rocket begins to shake
violently.

DANNYWhat happened? What was that?!

TOBYWhat's he doing? What is he doing?

ZACHWe've lost the funnel! Gravity collapse!

ROSEWhat does that mean?

ZACHWe can't escape. We're headed straight for the black hole!

The rocket turns back on itself
and spirals towards the black hole.

EXT. THE PIT

The Doctor smashes the other vase.

THE DOCTORThis is your freedom! Free to DIE.You're going into that
black hole and I'm riding with you.

Flames fall from the Beast's
mouth.

INT. ROCKET

ROSE(looking out of the
window)It's the planet. The planet's moving. It's falling.

She sits back in her seat and
glances at Toby - and reels backwards in shock. He's glaring at her,
eyes red - the symbols have broken out onto his skin again.

TOBY(in the Voice of the
Beast)I am the rage--

ROSEIt's Toby, Zach, do something--

TOBY(speaking very fast,
obviously fearful)And the bile and the ferocity.

ROSE(screaming)Just do something!

TOBYI am the Prince and the Fall and the Darkness--

DANNYIt's him! It's him! It's him!

ZACHStay where you are, the ship's not stable!

Toby expels a burst of flame from
his mouth.

ZACH (CONT'D)What is he?! What the HELLis he?!

EXT. THE PIT

The Beast writhes around, burning
up.

INT. ROCKET

TOBYI shall never die! The thought of me is forever! In the bleeding
hearts of men - in their vanity and obsession and lust--

Rose picks up the bolt gun.

TOBY (CONT'D)Nothing shall ever destroy me. Nothing!

Rose points the gun at the front
window.

ROSE(darkly)Go to hell.

She fires, shattering the glass -
she undoes Toby's seatbelt and he is sucked through the window and
into outer space, headed straight for the black hole. He roars in fear
and anger.

ZACHEmergency shield!

He presses a button and the
emergency shield activates, covering the gaping hole. The rocket
continues to shake and shudder, headed towards the black hole.

ZACH (CONT'D)We've still lost the gravity funnel. We can't escape the black hole!

ROSEBut we stopped him. That's what the Doctor would've done.

ZACHSome victory. We're going in.

The rocket continues to spirals
towards the black hole.

EXT. THE PIT

The Beast is burning up,
struggling against his chains.

INT. ROCKET

Danny looks at the computer
screen.

DANNY(terrified)The planet's lost orbit! It's falling!

INT. CORRIDOR

The Ood fall around the corridor
back in the base.

EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE

Ida falls down, unconscious from
lack of oxygen.

EXT. THE PIT

The Doctor runs back down the
tunnel, away from the Beast. A blast of air knocks him backwards,
straight into something blue... he looks up, and beams. It's the
TARDIS. He laughs with delight.

INT. ROCKET

The computer screen indicates the
planet has fallen into the black hole, and then goes blank.

DANNYThe planet's gone.(Rose says nothing)I'm sorry.

ZACHAccelerate. I did my best. But hey - first Human Beings to fall
inside a black hole. How about that? History.

Rose closes her eyes. They hold on
tight as the rocket shakes violently. They all have their eyes screwed
shut, ready for the impact, when... it stops. Silence falls.

THE DOCTOR(through comm.)Sorry about the hijack, Captain. This is the good ship TARDIS.

Rose's mouth drops open and her
eyes light up.

INT. TARDIS

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Now, first thing's first - have you got a Rose Tyler on board?

INT. ROCKET

ROSE(quickly, overjoyed)I'm here! It's me! Oh, my God! (laughs and puts her
hand over her face, giddy with relief and happiness)Where are you?

EXT. SPACE

The TARDIS speeds away from the
black hole, the rocket safely in tow.

THE DOCTOR(voice-over)I'm just towing you home. Gravity-schmavity. My people practically
invented black holes.

INT. TARDIS

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Well - in fact, they did.(pulls a lever)In a couple of
minutes, we'll be nice and safe. Oh, and captain - can we do a swap?
Say, if you give me Rose Tyler - I'll give you Ida Scott? How about
that?

Ida is propped against a pillar,
still unconscious.

INT. ROCKET

ZACH(delighted)She's alive!

DANNYYES! Thank God.

INT. TARDIS

THE DOCTORYeah! Bit of oxygen starvation, but she should be all right.(more
solemn)I couldn't save the Ood. I only had time for one trip. They
went down with the planet.

His computer bleeps.

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)Ah! Entering clear space - end of the line - mission closed.

INT. ROCKET

Rose smiles to herself, so happy
and relieved and proud of him, all at the same time.

EXT. SPACE

The TARDIS and the rocket zoom off
into clear space.

INT. TARDIS

Rose opens the door of the TARDIS.
The Doctor looks up and smiles. They run to each other and the Doctor
gathers Rose up into his arms, lifting her clean off the floor. They
both giggle, so happy to see one another again.

INT. ROCKET

Ida is back with her friends in
the rocket.

IDAI don't know. I can't remember.

DANNYWell, it LOOKEDlike a box.

ZACHWhat do you mean 'a box'?

DANNYWell, down in the hull. A big blue box. It just appeared! I don't
know!

THE DOCTOR(through comm.)Zach? We'll be off, now. Have a good trip home.

INT. TARDIS

The Doctor and Rose stand side by
side at the TARDIS console.

THE DOCTORAnd the next time you get curious about something-- oh... what's the
point? You'll just go blundering in. The human race...

INT. ROCKET

IDABut Doctor, what did you find down there? That creature - what was
it?

INT. TARDIS

THE DOCTORI don't know! Never did decipher that writing. But that's good! Day
I know everything? Might as well stop.